Man DQ’d for taking bus during marathon

We’ve all been there — you’re out jogging, you’re feeling great, then the burn sets in. For Rob Sloan of England, that was the moment at which he did what many of us would do too: He called it quits and hopped on the bus.

The only problem with Sloan’s bright idea was that he was participating in the Kielder Marathon. And after he got off the bus, he hid behind a tree, waited for two participants to go by, and then rushed out to claim third place. Yes, you read that right. He hid behind a tree. Presumably with Elmer Fudd.

Sloan was, of course, outted after not too long by both spectators on the bus and participants in the race, not to mention by the obvious time discrepancy (He was the only runner to run faster in the second half of the race than he did in the first). Sloan is now understandably facing expulsion from the Sunderland Harriers running club to which he belongs.

“It’s a bit of a shock,” Harriers VP Ann Lillie told the Daily Telegraph. “We have a good reputation, and obviously this has brought the club into disrepute.”